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346 articles available in total starting from 10/10/2005. Last article published on 18/09/2025.

Michal Blaško • Director of Victim

Interview: Michal Blaško • Director of Victim

“There is this balance between an intimate story and one about an individual against society”

VENICE 2022: We chatted to the Slovak filmmaker about his feature debut, in which he takes a deep dive into the xenophobia that’s firmly embedded in society  

09/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti

Review: Victim

Review: Victim

VENICE 2022: Slovak director Michal Blaško points a finger at the latent xenophobia in our society in his feature debut  

09/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti

Cristina Grosan • Director of Ordinary Failures

Interview: Cristina Grosan • Director of Ordinary Failures

"It was interesting for us to see things change and evolve, and our script become more and more alive around this"

VENICE 2022: Hungarian-Romanian director and visual artist talks about her film, which brings together three women whose day is turned upside down by a strange natural phenomenon  

07/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Ordinary Failures

Review: Ordinary Failures

VENICE 2022: Cristina Grosan brings together three women whose day-to-day lives are upended by a strange natural phenomenon, in an apocalyptic tale calling for human solidarity  

06/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Kristína Aschenbrennerová • Programme manager, Pop Up Film Residency

Interview: Kristína Aschenbrennerová • Programme manager, Pop Up Film Residency

“Pop Up Film Residency Eurimages aims to create more space for women in the industry by providing support to the experienced filmmakers”

The programme manager talks about the latest updates of the hub in the European film industry  

16/08/2022 | /Czech Republic/Hungary/Poland/Slovakia

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

Interview: Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

“We realised that many of our beloved traditions exist to preserve the status quo”

The Slovak filmmaker talks about her film, which deals with conservative traditions, the patriarchy and female empowerment, and just won the Golden Leopard in the Cineasti del presente section  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Nightsiren

Review: Nightsiren

Slovakian director Tereza Nvotová presents a drama with supernatural undertones which overturns tragically persistent stereotypes  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Conflict and hope reflect inter-generational cohabitation in Waltzing Matilda

Conflict and hope reflect inter-generational cohabitation in Waltzing Matilda

A degenerative disease glues a torn family together in this fiction feature debut by veteran Czech documentary-maker Petr Slavík, which stars Karel Roden and Regina Rázlová  

02/08/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Martina Buchelová is preparing her feature fiction debut Lover, Not a Fighter

Martina Buchelová is preparing her feature fiction debut Lover, Not a Fighter

The emerging Slovak writer-director’s urban tragicomic love story utilises a romantic narrative to convey the tribulations and passions of Gen Z  

21/07/2022 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Beata Parkanová • Director of The Word

Interview: Beata Parkanová • Director of The Word

“We often forget what we thought but never what we felt”

The Czech director, whose film won two awards at Karlovy Vary, turns back time and gets inspired by the story of her own family  

14/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

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